Should New York vote against storm relief for South Carolina as payback for Sandy?

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, South Carolina’s Republican members of Congress voted against sending federal aid to flood-ravaged communities. Now South Carolina is asking for money from Washington to deal with devastating flood damage there , raising the question of whether New York’s congressional delegation should respond in kind. Critics have noted that South Carolina lawmakers have railed against government spending and belittled global warming, adding to the irony of their request for flood relief.

We should never be uncharitable to other Americans in need. Bringing politics up as part of this is inexcusable. NY can give out of its wealth. Relatively speaking, SC was, is, and barring some unforeseen discovery, always will be poor.

The right wing GOP made this political by trying to deny aid to the Northeast Sandy victims based on right wing ideology. Now that the tables are turned, our Dem reps should enthusiastically support aid to SC, but they should not yet again let the GOP control the public discussion. They should make it crystal clear that they won’t stoop to the level of the right wing.

The SC reps didn’t want to deny aid because they are poor. They wanted to deny aid because it their ideology only applies to others , not themselves. People should know that.

We are so tired of the hypocrisy of the tea whackers now controlling Congress who have the gaul to say no aid to New York after Sandy but demand aid for their states after they get hit. The people of states like the Carolina’s imposed these crackpots on the entire country, and should have to bear at least some of the pain that they have imposed on the rest of us, but I suppose we should provide some help out of our belief in charity – but we should remind them of the harm they have done.

South Carolina has sent some real winners to congress. Remember Strom Thurmond? Of course they should be helped in the spirit of American solidarity, but i fully agree that their hypocracy and pettiness need to be pointed out in a national way. Much like Hungary’s behaviour in the current refugee crisis, after they were treated very differently in the 1940′s, history should be used to take them to task for their uncharitable behaviour.

Really, does anyone think for one minute that the comments previously posted about how generous we should be to South Carolina instead of being petty and playing ‘tit for tat’, matter one bit?
I am so sick of the two-faced baboons the Republican Party has become, I am quite sure no matter how generous and forgiving we might be and actually are, it will carry no future weight and cause no regret or remorse regarding their ‘assumed’ righteous attitude about aid for Sandy victims in NY.
When are the rest of us normal right-thinking Americans going to wake up and fill these assholes out of the office.

Really, does anyone think for one minute that the comments previously posted about how generous we should be to South Carolina instead of being petty and playing ‘tit for tat’, matter one bit?
I am so sick of the two-faced baboons the Republican Party has become, I am quite sure no matter how generous and forgiving we might be and actually are, it will carry no future weight and cause no regret or remorse regarding their ‘assumed’ righteous attitude about aid for Sandy victims in NY.
When are the rest of us normal right-thinking Americans going to wake up and vote these assholes out of the office.

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